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Putin greets Maduro on Venezuela Independence Day
Date: 2019-07-06 08:09:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:8011748
MOSCOW, July 6 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin greeted his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on the Venezuelan Independence Day, Russian news agency TASS reported. "We will continue the work to develop our friendly and allied relations with ....
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Blast in Afghanistan's Ghazni mosque leaves two dead
Date: 2019-07-06 07:33:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8011744
KABUL, July 6 (MENA) - At least two people were killed in an explosion inside a mosque in the central province of Ghazni on Friday evening, local officials confirmed, TOLO News channel reported on Saturday. The explosion happened when worshipers ....
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New 7.1 earthquake hits Southern California
Date: 2019-07-06 06:49:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8011704
WASHINGTON, July 6 (MENA) - A magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit Southern California on Friday evening -- just a day after a magnitude-6.4 earthquake that was the largest temblor in the region in two decades, the US Geological Survey confirmed. The ....
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Boris Johnson vows to make Britain ‘greatest place on earth’ if he becomes PM
Date: 2019-07-05 22:25:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:8011605
LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - UK's Boris Johnson promised to make Britain "the greatest place on earth" as he vowed to unite Britain and finally deliver a long-awaited Brexit, according to the Sun newspaper on Friday. The front-runner to become the ....
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US wants meeting with UN nuke agency on Iran
Date: 2019-07-05 18:25:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:8011397
WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - The US has said it is requesting a special meeting of the board of the United Nations' nuclear agency to discuss the latest developments in Iran's atomic program, ABC News reported. The US said Friday its ambassador to ....
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Greek authorities seize massive shipment of Captagon drug
Date: 2019-07-05 17:01:49 GMT - Greece - World - SN:43 - ID:8011362
ATHENS, July 5 (MENA) - Greek authorities say they have seized more than five tons of the synthetic drug known as Captagon, which they say is the largest amount of the drug ever seized globally, ABC News reported Friday. The drugs, consisting of ....
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Chris Cline, coal mining entrepreneur, killed in Helicopter crash
Date: 2019-07-05 16:57:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:8011246
WASHINGTON, June 5 (MENA) - Chris Cline, a billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist and political donor once called the "King of Coal," died Thursday in what local authorities said was a helicopter crash in the Bahamas that killed seven people, The ....
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Italian official lauds Egypt's expertise in combating organized crime
Date: 2019-07-05 16:29:52 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:38 - ID:8011065
CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - The director of the Central Directorate for Immigration and Border Police at Italy's Interior Ministry hailed Egypt's distinct expertise in countering organized crime and illegal migration. Speaking at a celebration held by ....
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IAEA to hold emergency meeting to discuss nuclear deal with Iran
Date: 2019-07-05 16:11:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8011067
VIENNA, July 5 (MENA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is preparing to hold an emergency meeting in Vienna next weekend to discuss the future of the nuclear deal with Iran, diplomatic sources in IAEA said Friday, Sputnik news agency ....
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Malta agrees to take in migrants on Italy NGO boat as part of swap
Date: 2019-07-05 15:37:21 GMT - Malta - World - SN:35 - ID:8011232
VALLETTA, July 5 (MENA) - Malta said on Friday it would take in 54 migrants rescued by an Italian charity boat off Libya this week, after Italy refused to let the vessel dock at one of its ports as it labors to shut down sea migration routes, ....